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      Microsoft Senior Software Engineer reviews

      3.9

      71% would recommend to a friend

      (1,734 total reviews)
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      Satya Nadella

      74% approve of CEO

      69% positive business outlook

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      Senior Software Developer Engineer employees have rated Microsoft with 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 1,734 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Senior Software Developer Engineer professionals have a good working experience there. Microsoft is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Senior Software Developer Engineer professionals compared to other employers within the Informationstechnologie industry (3.9 stars).

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      2K reviews
      5.0
      Sep 28, 2014

      Best corporate citizen ever! Best place to work in terms of work life balance and compensation

      Senior software engineer
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      Pros

      Flexible hours. You are able to make your own hours once you've proven yourself. Compensation is above average but work life balance is great- they're not tied up on any red tape either. Outstanding corporate citizen- best in class. Can't say enough about this- and it starts from the top...

      Cons

      Used to be that we didn't pay a dime for health care but now there are out of pocket expenses. Perks are not up to par with the rest of the software giants; free food, massages, maternity leave etc.

      1.0
      Aug 9, 2014

      Stupid management from top-down

      Senior software engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
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      Pros

      The salary was ok for the area. Health benefits were great with 100% medical coverage plans. There is the opportunity for corporate training and career advancement.

      Cons

      The company culture seems "stupid". Management ignored problems pushed up from the bottom rungs and even the managers at the lower rungs would hide problems under the rug rather than escalate. Everyone in management was purely focused on hitting their "milestones", rather than ensuring major bugs and problems got fixed. Team leaders pushed employees to simply do as told rather than innovate. Also, upper management pushed "pet projects and features" into products that clearly would gain nothing from adding those features, other than to help someone get promoted for getting his/her feature into the market. It was like working in a Dilbert cartoon strip. Poor decisions are made, engineers try to deliver, critics are silenced and ignored, all the engineers see the train wreck coming, then it happens. upper managers gets promoted for hitting deadlines, the product fails in the market, engineers are punished with bad reviews and quit. Repeat.

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